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Friday, June 15, 2012

Vintage Inspiration #92 Painted Upholstery

Anne arrived late Tuesday evening and Wednesday we hit a few places around Springfield. Yesterday we headed to Ozark to visit Leola's and Riverview, and then had lunch at Spring Creek. Today we're off to St. Louis. I wrote this post earlier this week, hope you're having a great one as well. How do you make up for 3 years in a week? we're trying!

How many of us have seen a fabulous bargain of an old sofa, chair or settee at a garage sale or flea market and marveled at the bones of the piece but just couldn't "get there" in making a purchase because of the amount of money/and or time it would take to see it come out as we've envisioned?

Well, we're starting to see a trend in technique for actually painting the fabric, as in this wonderful tufted sofa from Gua at Hviter Lakkris. The tufting alone would have scared me away!!

42 comments:

The old adage “they don’t make ‘em like they used to”, is appropriate when contemplating reupholstering your furniture. If you’ve had a sofa or chair for several years, or it has been passed down to you from a loved one, it is clearly going to last just as long if it’s properly restored.

About 15 yrs ago a girlfriend of mine painted her sofa...we all thought it was a crazy idea but obviously she was ahead of her time....she also had her carpet dyed! I love the idea and am going to keep that in mind now! Thanks for hosting and have the VERY BEST time with your friend!Blessings, Lorraine

Hi Debra,I've seen painted upholstery but no one ever mentions how well it holds up. Do you know if you can sit on it without the paint chipping or scratching off the fabric? Or cracking where you sit? Or what about if you spill water or food on it? I really like the idea but don't know how functional it would be. Thanks for hosting and enjoy your trip!

I know you two must just be having a blast! Many thanks for hosting Debra. Have you seen my post on painting the upholstery of a chair? I think the post was called "the other French chair". I loved how it turned out. It sure will make me look twice when I see a great chair that I don't think I can reupholster.

Debra,What a wonderful idea! Can you tell me though what type of paint would be used for this?? Goodness, this could open up a whole new world for some of us. Thanks for sharing. :)Blessings & hugs,Karen

Thank you for featuring my hubby's Model A Ford! It's fun to see it over here! (He thanks you too) I get a kick out of painting the fabric on the furniture, I painted 3 dress form pin cushions awhile back because I didn't like the fabric nor did I want to try to recover them. I've played with fabric painting for art quilts in the past so I thought...why not paint the dress forms with fabric paint! I was surprised at how well they turned out so I can totally see doing this with furniture, sorry I passed up so many pieces in the past! Love that garden gate too! Thanks again!Faye (aka Wild Rose Vintage)

I am going to tell you what I overheard a very stressed mom tell her rowdy kids in a store when I was a teenager -- Loudly, she said, "I only have two words for you...BeHave!!! Can;t tell ya how many times my family has used this on each other! I know y'all are having a ball!Thanks for hostingRhonda

I have a chair that's too complicated for me to reupholster, so I was going to make a slipcover for it. But you've got me seriously considering painting it. If it doesn't work out well, I can go ahead and cover it anyway. Thanks for the inspiration! And thanks for hosting your party. Hope you're having a great time.

Debra,Thank you for hosting each week :) Just noticed I linked up the same blog post twice. Feel free to remove #125! I tried, but it decided to stay! Normally the linky parties don't allow us to link up the same post, but today I've had all sorts of troubles lol Typing on a borrowed laptop because my computer monitor decided to stop working this morning Aaagghhh :) Greetings from Australia /Pernilla

That first settee is causing my heart to stop! Oh how I would love to see that in my home. Amazing. I shared an interview at my blog yesterday with a cute lady who does CeC Cadlwell's paint videos on YouTube. She has an antique sette and she painted it pink! I have done it with small pieces, but I am tempted to try in on the large ones, those that I spent practically no money on. Great post, great features. Have a lovely weekend. -K

This Painted Upholstery Trend is something I'm considering since I don't have the funds for slipcovers or re-upholstering some fav furniture that the G-Kid Force and Animals have soiled over the years and which I can't get clean anymore. I drape everything with Exotic Fabrics but they don't stay put while the furniture is in use so this might be just the solution I need?!? Is there a specialty paint that is used or suggested... or just any paint will do? Thanks for Hosting yet another great Linky Party, its always such fun to participate.

WOW! Debra! That was a fantastic post. How do you paint fabric? Can you use just regular spray paint? I'm learning new things everyday in this blogosphere. Hope you have fun with your visiting friend!!! What is this party thing - I think I'll put my new desk (was a table) on next week. I'm revealing it on Monday on my site. Come see it!!

I was at an estate sale about 4 years ago and saw this gorgeous white on white chair. I almost killed myself trying to get to it and when I did...it was painted...every stinkin' bit of it. The funny thing is whoever did the painting didn't bother taking the cushion out...it was icky green underneath...lol!In case you're wondering...of course I bought it. Who can pass up ingenuity?BTW...y'all sure look like y'all are having the time of your lives!XODeb